Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Our tomato plants this year could best be described as monstrous and out of control! They literally have taken over 90% of our garden and if it weren’t for early harvests of our beets and carrots, I am sure they, too, would have been choked out by our psycho tomato plants… just as our basil, spinach, cauliflower and peppers were.

My engineer of a husband has gone to extreme lengths to construct support for this BEAST we call a plant. Currently we have everything from tiki-torches, plastic lawn chairs and old gardening tools propping up branches and limbs. ( I am blaming my mom’s “special” fertilizer for our plant explosion. You can ask me what it is… )

Anyways this past week we have been picking tomatoes like they are going out of style and just trying to beat the birds and critters that would rather get to their deliciousness first. But even after giving bundles to family and neighbors we have had endless amounts of these red fruits. (Roma and Early Girl… in case you were wondering) And while I love me a good tomato, there is only so much salad this pregnant girl can consume.

So here I am with somewhere between 8-10 POUNDS of tomatoes… what to do…. what to do….

Well,thanks to the one patch of garden my tomato plant did not overtake, I have parsley…

this is my life...

I am married to Superman and a stay-at-home/homeschooling mom to our 4 crazies.I've been redeemed and am a complete work in progress... learning daily to lean on my Savior. With the blessing of each new day... I am and always will be seeking to... "Remember Jesus."